In 2013, BMW aims to reinvent the premium market for electric vehicles. The first fully electric vehicle to emerge under the Project i umbrella is the Megacity Vehicle, recently dubbed i3. Part of the new BMW i sub-brand, i3 is … Continue reading

Autoblog, quoting an unnamed BMW spokesperson, confirms that the 2013 BMW i3 will be a rear-wheel drive vehicle. The news comes as no surprise to us since we have reported in the past that the i3 Megacity will inherit the … Continue reading

On Monday, February 21, BMW will host a press conference in Germany announcing the a new sub-brand. The new “i” brand will offer a badge to all the upcoming BMW electric vehicles. The “next premium” automobile, as BMW calls it, … Continue reading

BMW Financial Officer Frederick Eichiner told german website Focus.de that the BMW Vehicle Mega City will receive an optional range extender that can be ordered with the electric vehicle. The range extender refers to a small internal combustion engine which … Continue reading

UK magazine Autocar is quoting an official BMW source on the pricing for the first BMW fully electric vehicle that will go in production in 2013. The Megacity vehicle is developed under the umbrella of Project i program and it … Continue reading

Automotive News reports on BMW’s potential plans to add artificial sounds to its electric vehicles to make them safer to pedestrians. According to the magazine, BMW’s competitors Audi and Mercedes-Benz have already begun developing specific-sounds for their EVs. BMW is … Continue reading

The premium electric vehicles market is starting to heat up. Mercedes-Benz, BMW’s old-time and classic rival, has kicked off styling studies into a range of new alternative-drive city cars as part of a project known internally under the working title … Continue reading

2011 has just begun and as expected, new information around the future BMW electric family have come to light. As we mentioned this week, in 2011 BMW will increase their marketing efforts around the Megacity vehicles and we predicted a … Continue reading

In a recent interview with Dr. Philip Koehn, Head of BMW Vision EfficientDynamics program, we talked about the upcoming BMW Vision vehicle and other electric vehicles that will join the BMW fleet in 2013. Among other interesting subjects, Dr. Koehn … Continue reading